The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-20


night, to crowded house. His subject
was Governor Oglesby and the pardon
ing power.
TExT-Genesis TX. Is, IA, Is: do set my bow
ia the cloud, and it shall be for q token OF
8 covenant between Ne and the earth
and it shall come TO pass, when l bring a
cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be
seen in the cloud and I will rememb z
Ny covenant which is between Ne ana
you and ever living creature, and the
waters shall no more become q food to
destroy all flesh
You are familiar with
The STORY OF tbs FLOOD.
1t is told in the Hebrew Bible. There
are legends and traditions of it among
divers nations. The reason for it is
stated thus: The Wickedness of man
was great. Every Imagination of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil con
tinually. The earth was fllel W tn
violence" There was no h1ps, because
there was no foundation for nope. The
world was not worth saving. can
imagine a rag so filthy that the best
thing IS to throw it into the fire. But
before tho food came, the one family
worth saving was warned. The ark
was built, and one family was saved |!
After ths food comes the promise of
God thai it will not be repeated.
soDoM AND eoMoRRAH
IS cities perish from the earth. The
reason is stated their sin is very griev-
Gus. They are not worth saving. They
are treated as the clothing of a small
poX patient ought TO be treated.
But before the fire fell, God said if
ten righteous men could be found there
He would spare the city for their sake.
Men of this kind could not be found,
but before the fire fell, four were found
who were not righteous themselves,
but they mad friend who vas, and for
Abraham sake they were led out of
the city before the lightning struck.
Everything is saved that has any worth
in it.
These stories tell me that mercy is as
old as Justice. Both of them are as old
as God. 1t is supposed by some that
mercy is the modern invention of senti-
mentality. These stories tell me the
conditions when NihiliSm is the proper
thing. The story of the food informs
me that NihiHsm will never again be
the proper thing for the whole earth.
The bow OF the cloud is the sign.
THIS Is A WICKED WORLD,
1t is not utterly wicked. Probably
there is not a city on the face Of the
earth that could not furnish enough
good men to save it. There is some
goodness on the worst alley or the worst
street.
Livingston found even faithful savages
ina hOrrid journey in Africa. Where
there are seven careful search would
ind more. Bishop Selwyn found good
men in the islands of the sea, and
heEOes in the Black country of England.
This is not toe bes: of all possible
worlds. We confess that every election
but the most of us think that it is
hopeful world. We build schOolhouses
Ia faith. Some of Us, few Of US, think
that it is the worst possible OF all
worlds. There is a powerful philosophy
that teaches this. We are mostly dl-
yided into two kiHdS-One who believes
that the earth is bad and is becoming
good, another who believes that the
earth is bad and is becoming worse.
One who believes in the power of thought
and persuasion slowly working, another
who believes in catastrophe. There is
way of thinking that tends to the CON
ctuSion that this IS
AWoRLD RIPENIEG FOR DEATH.
Fix your thoughts steadily on the
tree as a whole, but on dead branches.
Do not consider the apples on the top of
the tree, but look at the borer at work
IN the trunk and roots. Mediate on
the cotton worm. and the weevil and
Of
but always of snake.
Ponder long on the statistics of cpl
lepsy, insanity and id ocy. Do not look
at million comfortable homes. Think
only of the horrible tenements IN great
cities. Wander much in graveyards.
Think of a powerful cunning devil
more than of an all powerful, all good
God. a mans mind is colored through
and through by the thoughts that
habitually possess him.
What most people think OF the world
is shown by he way they stick to it.
A man who looks the case OF the
world over carefully and commits sui
eide is q consistent pessimist. The
eptimists are in the immense majority.
Things may be very bad to-day, but We
we will hold on and see what to NOR
row will bring forth. 1t helps very
JA GnO ahAH W 10 oSAAo1
With the captain and to be on speaking
serms with the pilot.
Robert Burns was not much of a
churchmau. but he said: "a CORE
spendence fixed in heaven is surely q
noble anchor" But to come nearer
home, we are 60 900 600 OF people. l
think that SO 900 900 of Us believe that
we live under
THE BEST GOVERNMENT NOW on EARTH
We all admit defects in it and we will
work to remedy them. Now there is
no call from the people for destruction
of this government. The most of US
think it is worth saving.
What was the question before the
governor of Illinois last Thursday ?
Here are men convicted by criminal
court; the case is passed on by the Su-
preme C1urt OF the State; . appeal is
taken 10 the Sapreme Court of the
United States. The appeal is not